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    Person Info
  • Name: Oswald LANDIS
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 1577 b
  • Baptism: 31 Mar 1577 in Horgen, Switzerland c
  • Death: 4 Mar 1650 in Hirzel, Switzerland d


  • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Rudolf LANDIS Birth: 1547 in Hirzel, Zurich, Switzerland
  • Mother:
  • Anna BRUPPACHER

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. (Unk Dau) LANDIS Death: Before 1633
  2. Hans Jaggli LANDIS Birth: 1599 in Hirzel, Zurich, Switzerland Death: 20 Mar 1656 in Wiler, Hilsbach, Germany
  3. Elsbeth LANDIS
  4. Annali LANDIS Death: 24 Sep 1629 in Hirzel, Switzerland
  5. Adali LANDIS
  6. Hans Heinrich LANDIS
  7. Elsbeth LANDIS Birth: 22 Jan 1609 in Horgen, Switzerland
  8. Margaretha LANDIS Birth: Abt 1610
  9. Hans Heinrich LANDIS Birth: 1611
  10. Martinus LANDIS Birth: Abt 1613
  11. Rudolf LANDIS Birth: Abt 1616
  12. Daniel LANDIS Death: 25 Jul 1629 in Hirzel, Switzerland
  13. Oswald LANDIS

Marriage:
Bibliography
  1. Best, Jane Evans, Swiss Origins of Groff, Hess, Weber, Landis, and Oberholtzer Families. In Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, Apr 1990. pp9-25. LMHS Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p[0-9]*].
  2. Wilcox, S Michael, Landis Families of Canton Zurich, Switzerland. In Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, Jan 1995. pp13-18. LMHS Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Wilcox LANDIS p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Best SwissOrigins p20],
parents:
[Ref: Best SwissOrigins p20, Wilcox LANDIS p16]
Sources for baptism Information
date:
[Ref: Wilcox LANDIS p16],
place:
[Ref: Wilcox LANDIS p16]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Wilcox LANDIS p16],
place:
[Ref: Wilcox LANDIS p16]
Sources with Information about marriage to Margaret SCHNEVELI
date:
abt 1599 [Ref: Wilcox LANDIS p16]
by 1619 [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p20],
child:
[Ref: Best SwissOrigins p20, Best SwissOrigins p21, Best SwissOrigins p22, Wilcox LANDIS p16, Wilcox LANDIS p17]
Sources with Information about marriage to Anna SCHAPPI
date:
by 1633 [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p20]
second marriage of Oswald [Ref: Wilcox LANDIS p16]
Research Notes:
1633: in Moosacher, Hirzel, age 60, Anabaptist for 30 years [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p20]

1640: jailed in Oethenbach prison in Zurich with wife and two daughters-in-law [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p20]

1646: Anabaptist living in Mosarger, Hirzel [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p20]



Pedigree of Oswald LANDIS
          /-----Hans LANDIS
 /-----Rudolf LANDIS
|         \-----Katharine SCHINZ
Oswald LANDIS
 \-----Anna BRUPPACHER



Descendants of Oswald LANDIS
1. Oswald LANDIS m1. Margaret SCHNEVELI m2. Anna SCHAPPI
m. Margaret SCHNEVELI
m. Anna SCHAPPI

2nd generation

2. (Unk Dau) LANDIS m. Hans LORODI
m. Hans LORODI
3. Hans Jaggli LANDIS m. Verena PFISTER
m. Verena PFISTER father: Werni PFISTER
5. Annali LANDIS m. Hans LARODI
m. Hans LARODI
10. Hans Heinrich LANDIS m. Magdalena POLIAR
m. Magdalena POLIAR
11. Martinus LANDIS m. Barbara BURRMANN
m. Barbara BURRMANN
12. Rudolf LANDIS m. Barbara SCHARRER
m. Barbara SCHARRER
14. Oswald LANDIS m. Barbara OBERHOLTZER
m. Barbara OBERHOLTZER

3rd generation

19. Hans Jacob LANDIS m1. Barbara (LANDIS) m2. Anna RUTH
m. Barbara (LANDIS)
m. Anna RUTH
22. Hans Rudeli LANDIS m.